On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 10:09:22 -0500, you wrote: >One question.. >How does one get from the floor to the top of the counter? >I have a bunk step that I bought on E-Bay. >And have seen many Westfalia's in my travels with this very same custom >step, that fits into the front table leg mount. >I isn't the same as Allistair's, but the same basic idea. >I am 5'6" tall. >Not 6' 6" >Don't have long legs. >Am not a pole vaulter. >Am not a monkey. >Please explain how one gets to the top of the counter, or the upper bunk >without some sort of an assist step. >I am interested in your launch technique Tobin. >Ropes and pulley's attached to the upper pop top bow's perhaps? > >RC
I'm 5'9" tall, I do have long legs, and I can just barely manage to get myself up there! It helps (not!) that I have pipestep arms that are of little antigravitational assistance. I can step on the driver-seat platform and from there use a step onto the edge of the counter to help boost myself up. But given my adult weight of [censored], I'm not too pleased to keep stepping on the counter. And I don't have the tools or skills to build a step. Does someone sell one? And carrying this further (given my lack of upper-body strength), does anyone know of a way to make popping the top easier? I simply can't manage to do it. My husband's method involves pushing it up with his arm while he pulls the crossbar into place. But I can't hold it up with my arms ... only with my shoulders and then I'm in the way of the crossbar. Can any mechanical engineers design me a pulley assist or something?
B(&S) '87 Westy 'Esmerelda Blanc' SoCal |
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